This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has always been a source of angst for ambitious not-for-profit organizations: how to ensure they can sustain and scale up impact while also building resilience to weather financial or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Administrators in Greenville County Schools, South Carolina, deploy a team of instructional coaches to schools that have been identified as needing support, District Administration reports. The initiative, called Focused School Support, is designed…
Even after donors have found a cause they want to support, they still need to make strategic decisions about the type of funding they want to provide. Figuring out the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our cities, a plethora of sharing and collaborative activities emerge and flourish. Since they are most prominent in urban areas, where the concentration of people and resources in close…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most for-profit businesses rely on scale. Nonprofit business models struggle to achieve scale. Funders, deciding on the viability of their non-profit grantees, should ask the question. Is scale a precondition…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many organizations look for ways to improve their decision-making practices. Few, however, must put them to the test under conditions as challenging as those faced by nonprofit legal aid provider…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like many of you, when lockdowns came, we felt like we were in the midst of the crisis of our generation. No one could have anticipated that the months following…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Community-led: Recently, the term has come to the forefront of conversations on global development, aid, and philanthropy. Many are calling for community-led solutions to societal problems. But what does community-led…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As organizations move into greater maturity it becomes increasingly important to have both emergency and long-term succession plans in place that are reviewed and adjusted on a regular basis (every…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The term “burnout” first came into use in the early 1970s in the context of air traffic control, after an increase in human error-precipitated collisions was linked to frustrations with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental organization in the United States, is on a mission it is not known for—shining a light on environmental injustices. It announced its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many businesses around the globe have demonstrated adaptability and resilience as they faced the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some companies, often led by their employees, have also had somewhat of…